Above: If you’ve got mad Matsuo Bashō skills, you could be the proud owner of a baggie of ghost ramp rubble. Via SR 520 Twitter.

Seattle loves giving out bits of public landmarks in exchange for poems.

In 1998, a contest was held to award some of the worn out letters on the Pike Place Market sign to the winner of a poetry contest. That winner ended up being Carl Sander, who selected the giant, light-up letter “C” as his prize and promptly donated it to his favorite bar, The Comet Tavern, where it lives today.

Well get your inky quills out and prepare for another round of high-stakes civic poesy, because the Washington State Department of Transportation is offering three master haiku writers a chance to win a piece of the SR 520 Ramps to Nowhere. You’ve got from now until Monday, Oct. 20 to craft your three line, 5-7-5 magnum opus ode to the ghost ramps and submit it via Twitter for an opportunity to win a certified bag o’ rubble (like the one you see above). Contest details here.

If you’re wondering why there’s going to be Ghost-Ramp-rubble up for grabs, it’s because the city is starting demolition of the beloved Seattle landmark this Saturday.

The ramps have long stood as a symbol of Seattle’s history of civic unrest—the direct result of the 1969 protests that halted the R.H. Thompson Expressway (or “concrete dragon”) dead in its tracks before it could cut through the nearby Arboretum. The expressway’s remains have become a favorite for daring swimmers who leap off it into the water during summer, and a destination for all sorts of glorious weirdos and castoffs who want to practice their graffiti art or brush up on their skateboarding skills.